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- Sustainable Development: The UN Millennium Development Goals, the UN Global Compact, and the Common Good
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of Notre Dame Press
summary
For business to flourish, society must flourish. In today's global economy, business serves the common good not only by producing goods and services but also by reaching out to the many who are not even in the market because they lack marketable skills and the resources to acquire them. Sustainable Development: The UN Millennium Development Goals, the UN Global Compact, and the Common Good contains twenty-two essays that document the work of Western companies, working through the UN Global Compact and its Principles of Responsible Investment and the Principles for Responsible Management Education, to shape more peaceful and just societies. Seven case studies by leading businesses and private-public partnerships—including Microsoft, Merck, Sumitomo Chemical, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Novartis, and Levi Strauss—outline their projects, especially those advancing the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) designed to alleviate dire poverty. Twelve chapters reflect on some of the conceptual issues involved with the MDGs, and the three concluding essays examine the future of the UN Global Compact, of the Millennium Development Goals, and of the role of business enterprise in society.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-16
- Part I: Business and the Millennium Development Goals
- 5. Coca-Cola and Society
- pp. 105-116
- 7. How Global Employers Can Address HIV/AIDS
- pp. 140-160
- Part II: Scholarship Advancing the Role of Business in Society
- 11. The MDGs, Partnering for Results
- pp. 214-220
- 13. Putting Reputation at Risk
- pp. 247-270
- 14. The UN Global Compact
- pp. 271-291
- 15. Pursuing Purposeful Profit
- pp. 292-310
- Part III: Where Do We Go From Here?
- Contributors
- pp. 401-410
Additional Information
ISBN
9780268096724
Related ISBN(s)
9780268044299
MARC Record
OCLC
878109255
Pages
424
Launched on MUSE
2014-04-24
Language
English
Open Access
No